Police are looking for a suspect in connection to five assaults in Turlock over the past two months.

Police are looking for a suspect in connection to five assaults in Turlock over the past two months.

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Updated: 5:57 PM PST Nov 12, 2015

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WEBVTT KCRA THREE NEWS AT 5:00 STARTS RIGHT NOW. EDIE: NEW AT 5:00. WOMEN ON HIGH-ALERT IN TURLOCK. POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING SEVERAL ATTACKS THEY BELIEVE ARE ALL LINKED TO ONE SUSPECT! THERE HAVE BEEN AT LEAST CYBERATTACKS IN STANISLAUS COUNTY CITY IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS. GULSTAN: KCRA3'S MELNDA MEZA LIVE IN TURLOCK, WHERE SHE TALKED TO A VICTIM WHO WAS ATTACKED JUST LAST WEEK. MELINDA: SHE MADE AN EMOTIONAL PLEA AS TURLOCK POLICE ARE REMINDING WOMEN TO STAND HIGH ALERT. HERE IS WHAT THE VICTIM HAD TO SAY. I SAW HIM RUNNING UP BEHIND ME. I WAS ON THIS CORNER, AND WAS ATTACKED ON THAT CORNER . MELINDA: THIS WOMAN IS SHARING HER TERRIFYING STORY. SHE WAS WALKING HOME FROM A FOOTBALL GAME IN WHAT IS CONSIDERED TO BE A NICE, SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD. SHE WAS WITH HER 18-MONTH-OLD BABY. JUST DON'T WALK ALONE AT NIGHT, I THOUGHT I WAS SAFE. THIS IS ONE OF THE SAFEST NEIGHBORHOODS IN TURLOCK. MELINDA: SHE SAYS SHE DOES NOT WANT TO SHOW HER FACE ON CAMERA, BUT SHE WANTS OTHER WOMEN IN TURLOCK TO KNOW AN ATTACKER IS OUT THERE. HE IS 5'11" OR 6 FOOT, WHITE, WEARING JEANS. HE WAS NOT HOMELESS. I KEEP SEEING ON TWITTER THAT HE IS HOMELESS, AND HE IS NOT. I HAD A CELL PHONE AND WEDDING RING, HE DID NOT TAKE IT. I HAD MY WALLET WITH ME, HE DIDN'T TAKE IT. MELINDA: TODAY, TURLOCK POLICE HELD A CONFERENCE TO WARN PEOLE OF THE ATTACKS. 5 IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS, TWO JUST THIS WEEK. THE LATEST ATTACK WAS LAST NIGHT NEAR, ALTA VISTA STREET. WORD OF THE ATTACKS IS GETTING AROUND. THIS WOMAN SAYS HER ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD IS ON HIGH ALERT. WE ARE ALL SCARED. WE HAVE TO LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER. WE DON'T WANT OUR HUSBANDS TO LEAVE. PUNCH HIM, SCRATCHING, I BID HIM. MELINDA: SHE SCREAMED AND A NEARBY NEIGHBOR HEARD AND CAME RUNNING. TURLOCK POLICE IS HAVING A COMMUNITY MEETING HERE AT THE POLICE STATION SATURDAY AT 3:00. THEY ARE HOLDING SELF-DEFENSE CLASSES FOR WOMEN. THE FIRST CLASSES ON DECEMBER 5 AND IS ON DECEMBER 12. THAT'S THE LATEST FROM TURLOCK, I MELINDA MEZA, KCRA THREE NEWS. EDIE: BUT SO MANY PEOPLE --, COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. WERE ALL OF THEM SEXUAL? WE ARE WONDERING WHAT THE CONNECTION IS. DO PLEASE HAVE A GOOD DESCRIPTION? MELINDA: TODAY AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE, WE ASKED THAT. ARE THEY SEXUAL ASSAULTS? THEY SAID MOST OF THEM WEAR, FOUR OUT OF FIVE. WE ARE LEARNING MORE. ALSO, THEY HAVE A VERY VAGUE DESCRIPTION. HE'S TALL, AT LEAST SIX FEET, AND WOMEN DESCRIBE HIM AS

Police: 5 women assaulted in Turlock

Police are looking for a suspect in connection to five assaults in Turlock over the past two months.